Notices of the American Mathematical Society

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Featured Articles and Invitations from the AMS

Lattices, Linear Codes, and Invariants, Part I

Noam D. Elkies

This two-part article discusses a far-reaching analogy between lattice packings in Euclidean space and linear error-correcting codes. It carries the reader through a range of pure and applied areas, including number theory, finite groups, orthogonal polynomials, and signal transmissions. Part I concentrates on sphere and lattice packings, theta functions, and modular forms.

Pictures and Proofs

Bill Casselman

How might pictures be used better in mathematical exposition? The author gives some suggestions, using material from elementary mathematics and several historical examples of importance.